Wed

Pronunciation

• enPR: wÄ•dʹ, IPA: /ˈwÉ›d/
• Rhymes: -É›d

Origin

From Old English weddian. Related to Scots wed ("pledge").

Full definition of wed

Verb

1. (transitive) To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.The priest wed the couple.
• MiltonAnd Adam, wedded to another Eve,
  Shall live with her.
2. (transitive) To take as one's spouse.She wed her first love.
3. (intransitive) To take a spouse.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To join (more or less permanently)
• ShakespeareThou art wedded to calamity.
• TillotsonMen are wedded to their lusts.
• 2008, Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns, page 72:... the PPS paper proposed a political doctrine that wedded modernization theory to U.S. support for national security states ...
5. (figurative, intransitive) To take to oneself and support; to espouse.
• ClarendonThey positively and concernedly wedded his cause.

Synonyms

• marry

Anagrams

• dew , DEW